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ArticleJournal of prevention (2022)2024

Why do we Need to go Digital? Process of Developing an Online Facilitator Training Platform for a Global Family Skills Programme for Drug Use Prevention.

Karin Haar, Mara Urlicic, Aala El-Khani, Giulia Martinelli, Wadih Maalouf

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Article in Journal of prevention (2022), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Karin HaarUnited Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Wagramer Strasse 5, 1400, Vienna, Austria.
Mara UrlicicUnited Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Wagramer Strasse 5, 1400, Vienna, Austria.
Aala El-KhaniUnited Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Wagramer Strasse 5, 1400, Vienna, Austria.
Giulia MartinelliUnited Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Wagramer Strasse 5, 1400, Vienna, Austria.
Wadih MaaloufUnited Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Wagramer Strasse 5, 1400, Vienna, Austria. wadih.maalouf@un.org.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Strong Families is a programme developed for families living in challenged or stressful settings to prevent poor mental health and developmental outcomes, violence, and substance use. Facilitators are conventionally trained in person over two full days, by experienced international trainers. During the COVID-19 pandemic and due to travel restrictions, we developed an online course to deliver the content of the training manual electronically, with videos explaining the most difficult exercises, note taking functions and click and reveal activities to check their understanding. We further blended synchronous and asynchronous course formats to accommodate facilitators' different time zones and work schedules. We tied two educational theories (Malcom Knowles theory of andragogy and Blooms taxonomy) into the Strong Families online course, to ensure learners are easily able to understand content, remember it and implement the gained skills within their communities. The aim of this paper is to discuss the process of the development of the Learning Management System and the Strong Families online course, as well as its benefits, key tools and essential considerations for replication through the UNODC multi-country and inter-disciplinary experience in digitalizing the Strong Family skills prevention tool to support other institutions interested in such a process, including in anticipation of future similar circumstances. To date, our online course has been made available in 10 languages, benefitting facilitators from 11 countries and the respective beneficiary families. Further impact evaluation, fidelity of implementation during national scale up and return on investment of integration of blended-learning concepts still need to be assessed.

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COVID-19PandemicsHumansLearningMental HealthDrug preventionFamily skills programmeOnline courseOnline facilitator training platformStrong families

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PMCPMC10844452

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